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Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai

Esther 16:17

In 3 translations

KJV
Wherefore ye shall do well not to put in execution the letters sent unto you by Aman the son of Amadatha.
DRC
Wherefore know ye that those letters which he sent in our name, are void and of no effect.
LXXE8:12
and being the sons of the living God, the most high and mighty, who maintains the kingdom, to us as well as to our forefathers, in the most excellent order.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br8:12
ὄντας δὲ υἱοὺς τοῦ ὑψίστου μεγίστου ζῶντος Θεοῦ, τοῦ κατευθύνοντος ἡμῖν τε καὶ τοῖς προγόνοις ἡμῶν τὴν βασιλείαν ἐν τῇ καλλίστῃ διαθέσει.

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From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 8:12q in some Bibles
  • 16:17 in most Bibles

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